Lynchburg, VA : Driver killed in Bedford County crash on Tuesday afternoon, January 24, 2017

State police have identified the driver who died after a Tuesday afternoon crash on U.S. 460 in Bedford County between a pickup truck and dump truck carrying gravel.

William John Peters Jr., 62, of Monroe, died Tuesday at Bedford Memorial Hospital from injuries he received in the crash, according to Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt. Rick Garletts.

Mark Williams, 55, of Vinton, was driving a 2016 Volvo dump truck with gravel in it eastbound on U.S. 460 in the right lane. He was “slowing or stopping” so that traffic could pass his vehicle and he could make a left turn, Garletts wrote in a news release

Peters’ 1994 Ford F-150 pickup truck struck the dump truck in the right lane at 11:50 a.m., before the dump truck had made its turn, Garletts wrote.

Both drivers were wearing seatbelts, and Williams was uninjured by the crash, Garletts wrote. The crash remains under investigation and charges are pending.

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Police ID driver killed in Bedford County crash